“After 22 years in the industry, I decided to concentrate on local ag producers and formed The Seed House in July of 2011,” stated Rokosz. “At that time, I joined Dairyland Seed as an area representative. In the fall of 2012, I met with Gary Leeper and Barry Sutton and started planning for an addition and installation of a seed treater. In March of 2013 the new addition was completed. Upon completion, my facility more than doubled in size.

“Although Dairyland Seed was a well-known name, there was not a huge presence in the territory now served by The Seed House LLC. I am currently serving approximately 180 customers in North Central Illinois with everything from lawn seed to cover crops to corn, soybeans and alfalfa from Dairyland Seed. I enjoy working with producers, farmer dealers and young individuals who are pursuing an ag career,” stated Rokosz.

The opportunity for Rokosz came through recognition of a limited amount of servicing that Dairyland Seed was able to provide in the area. In particular, servicing soybean seed needs at spring planting time was a challenge. With this in mind, he is gearing up for spring planting in 2014. Rick’s new warehouse and his investment in soybean seed handling equipment, as well as a soybean seed treater, are available to handle farmers’ spring needs.

Rokosz went on to say he now has the ability to customize seed treatments and offers a full array of seed treatments and/or inoculants. Dairyland Seed will also place soybean seed inventory in The Seed House LLC warehouse in Tiskilwa in order to provide a good selection of genetics for farmers to choose from.